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The battle is afoot
At the halfway point of the project, here are the two armies for the War of Spanish Succession project facing off against each other. I set up a battle, used the dice to determine deployment for the...
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Battle of Ochoverde
What an epic this morning's battle became. It proved a real test of the Feathertone-Style Marlburian rules, and as such I've made a few alterations to them, some of which are clarifications, others a...
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A lttle bit of painting
After a couple of days of gaming, today I spent a bit of time with the paintbrush again, and tidied up some figures that were all finished but for their bases.Star Wars Legion Rebel Specialists The...
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Dwarfs!
Yes, the first Dwarfs are based and ready to fight. They are another example of my Oldhammer leanings, being painted in vibrant tones to contrast with their doughty natures.Axe wielding regiment in...
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Dwarf King
The Dwarven painting mission continues with the completion of the Dwarf King and a cannon.Surrounded by his guard of HammerersHe towers over them - on his rock!A Dwarf master gunner aims his cannonThis...
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Dwarves finished and ready for battle
Yes, with the addition of A Runesmith, Gyrocopter and a unit of Tunnellers, the Dwarves are complete. Built for 36 points in Dragon Rampant we'll see how they fare when I start playing with the rules a...
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Battle of Azgaar's tomb
Havin thrown together the outline of the fantasy rules in a word document and created some stats, I fought a trial battle today between the Dwarf and Chaos armies. The scenario called for the capture...
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Keeping busy
I'm back at work, but confess that working from home offers many distractions. Most notably the accessibility of my garage, where a bunch of toys in painted and unpainted states constantly call to me....
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Digging into the Ancients pile
Painting over the last few days has seen me finish off Craig's 'blob' of pikemen for his successor army, and move onto some Gauls.The red phalanx completedA closer shot. LBMS shield transfers, looking...
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Sorting some shade for the Spartans
These Persians are no pussies! Just because they dress like colour blind residents of Carnaby St c.1966 does not make them any less deadly. Their arrows can block out the sun... hence the title of this...
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Shiny new figures
Over the weekend I managed to finish off a number of figures, most of them intended for Mortal Gods.Skeleton archers for the forces of Hades - when I get the Mythic supplement.Two Athenians doing what...
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The Spanish make a flank attack Part 1
With something approaching normality on the horizon whereby I return to work next week, I thought I would try and sneak in a small game before hand. Deciding that I wanted to try out the changes that...
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The Spanish Flank Attack continued
After heading back to work today I decided to come home and play a few more turns of the game. It took about an hour and it was all over. This time I remembered to take a few more photos.As the Old...
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Towards a complete Spanish Town
In terms of terrain I've always largely made my own. and been satisfied with a relatively limited selection of versatile buildings, trees etc. But there are some interesting scenarios in the Scenarios...
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Church build continued
Further progress on the Spanish church, and the tall slim building for the town.From the frontAnd the backYou might notice in the background is one of my completed buildings. I've been making sure that...
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Spanish town so far
The church is finished, bar a couple of little additions that I will get to when I have the chance to find the necessary accessories.At the same time this building was completed:So the Spanish village...
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Success with the Successors
Yesterday I painted the bases on the last figures for Craig's Successor army. So I think it might be time for a parade.Pointed pachyderm on the left flankMore points - the phalanx covered by...
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Argonauts
Most of this week I spent painting 15mm Goums for Chris, but I also managed to finish off some heroes for Mortal Gods Mythic. These aren't the official figures, which are lovely, but some Black Tree...
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Dewback and Scouts
The latest figures to be finished are a Dewback and a unit of Imperial Scouts.Great character in these models. I chose the rider with the modified Lewis gun in homage to my World War One obsession.Once...
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First phase of commission complete
I'm pretty impressed with myself. I set this weekend as the due date to complete Craig's 15mm Flames of War Germans and I succeeded!Support elements for the Heer forces that I completed a while...
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